7.7 magnitude earthquake hits myanmar; tremors felt in Bangladesh
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck Myanmar on Friday, causing tremors in sections of Bangladesh, including Dhaka and Chattogram.
However, no casualties were reported so far. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the earthquake with the epicentre at Mandalay in Myanmar near the Bangladesh border p0hit at 12:25 p.m. The distance from Dhaka to the epicentre is 597 kilometres, PTI reported.
The earthquake of magnitude 7.7 is classified as a major seismic event, Prothom Alo quoted Md Rubayat Kabir, the acting officer of the Earthquake Observation and Research Centre at the Meteorological Department, as saying.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre was 16 kilometres north-northwest of Sagaing, Myanmar, at a depth of 10 kilometres.